Natural Teleology (The limitations of science)

by David Turell , Wednesday, January 23, 2013, 15:54 (4320 days ago) @ George Jelliss

George This is a review of a new book by the philosopher Thomas Nagel who argues for some form of natural teleology. It runs over two pages
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> http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2013/feb/07/awaiting-new-darwin/?page=1-I&... read Negal's book and reviewed it here, but I really appreciate your providing H. Allen Orr's. Orr has been active in the origin of life efforts for years. His touting the RNA world start to life is old news. and lacks the analytical viewpoint of Robert Shapiro, but despite my poor opinion of Orr, his review is incisive. Nagel's problem is that he sees the teleology and can't explain why evolution looks that way. So he invents a 'third way' with no theory behind it, just a comment that it must exist, because chance and design are lacking something. Nagel, an atheist won't accept design, he doubts chance and is stuck in his thinking. He really smells more like our resident dhw.